Re: Bulls. Good Friday : Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:24 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

But wait! apparently Bradford's narrow pitch is a major disadvantage for (checks notes...) Bradford

I've thought this for a while now but the narrowing and shortening of the pitch at Odsal directly places John Kear and the Bradford Bulls at a distinct disadvantage against visiting teams.
Bradford likes to play extremely tight and direct early in the tackle count.
Before looking to move the ball and target the edges mid tackle count like most sides in the Championship do.
We all know the return to Odsal has its concessions but it's a huge issue when you nullify any home advantage by squeezing the defences tighter on a narrower pitch.

Courtesy of Mick Gledhill...I actually quite like him because he's daft about the game but he does have a habit of saying stuff that's daft too...who knew that Bradford's skinny pitch was detrimental to their flowing, expansive game!

John Kear teams noted for playing expansive rugby.

Re: Bulls. Good Friday : Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:54 pm  

Well that was a good Friday! Leaving to last few minutes but I’ll take that. Well done the lads, a man down all game and still get the win. Keeping Bradford to two tries. Don’t know why Fairbank started smacking the Bradford player but Fairbanks face looked a mess and their No 10 was smacking Fairbank. It was a red a card and I’m sure he will get a lengthy ban but their No10 should have at least a yellow

Re: Bulls. Good Friday : Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:59 pm  

Who would have thought the narrow pitch would help us in that way. What a great win though, Bradford looked awful and the decision to go for 2 points when 7 in front was baffling and probably helped us.

Re: Bulls. Good Friday : Fri Apr 15, 2022 9:15 pm  

Well done could have easily lost that but fair dos team spirit building .!

Re: Bulls. Good Friday : Fri Apr 15, 2022 10:05 pm  

faxcar wrote:

One thing for sure who ever loses it will be sack Kear, sack Grix or maybe sack them both.

Kear out it is then

Re: Bulls. Good Friday : Fri Apr 15, 2022 10:37 pm  

Well done Fax. To win a game, with 12 men, and not even have to play ‘that good’ shows just how horrible Bradford are at the moment.

You deserved the win and we deserve an apology for that utter tripe but no doubt we will get the usual hot air pumped out despite having one of the most experienced coaches in the game.

Re: Bulls. Good Friday : Sat Apr 16, 2022 6:00 am  

What a sweet morning to wake up to a few highlights from the game. I said to people around me who were panicking around me after the 1st minute that we would still give them a game despite been a man down. I thought winning may be a stretch but if we could be near them with 10 minutes to go we would be the fitter team. I just feel that could be a huge win for our season, not just in the sense that its a win over our rivals, but the way something like that can galvanise a squad. Its not like we have been playing bad but all it takes is something like that to make a difference. As the game wore on I were disappointed we hadn't put more points on the board because their try in the second half was very much against the run of play and we could have caved at that point. Not this team though.

Re: Bulls. Good Friday : Sat Apr 16, 2022 7:09 am  

I thought we could have been on a hiding to nothing after the first minute but with team spirit, tenacity and fitness we were the better team. Amazing scenes at the end, Louis going in over 2 Bulls players on the floor. Thanks also go to Grixy and his team for the fitness shown by the players. A great night.

Re: Bulls. Good Friday : Sat Apr 16, 2022 7:37 am  

Fully deserved win for you lot, but as I commented on our board we deserved to lose more than anything.

Don’t know why there was panic in your end, I said 10 minutes after the card that you would win. Negative, 1 man rugby with an extra man.

You had more desire, grit, determination and ultimately more quality too.

Re: Bulls. Good Friday : Sat Apr 16, 2022 7:43 am  

Did they announce the attendance figure?